July 19, 2024 / 07:36 AM IST
Market on Thursday:
The Indian equity market escalated to fresh record high and extended the winning run for the fourth straight session on July 18 led by IT, banking and FMCG names.
At close, the Sensex was up 626.91 points or 0.78 percent at 81,343.46, and the Nifty was up 187.85 points or 0.76 percent at 24,800.85.
The BSE Sensex and Nifty50 touched fresh record highs of 81,522.55 and 24,837.75, respectively, during intraday trade.
TCS, LTIMindtree, ONGC, Bajaj Finserv and Wipro were among the top gainers on the Nifty, while losers included Asian Paints, Hero MotoCorp, Grasim, Coal India and Bajaj Auto.
Among sectors, bank, auto, IT, FMCG and telecom rose 0.3-2 percent, while capital goods, metal, power, media were down 1-3.5 percent.
The BSE midcap and smallcap index shed one percent each.
